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September 15, 2017, 2:10 pm
Me, my daughter, and IDF Heblish
When learning the army's lingo is a labor of love
By Brenda Stein Dzaldov
Gabriel Birnbaum, senior researcher at Historical Dictionary Project at Israel's Academy of the Hebrew Language in Jerusalem, shows an old Hebrew text on his personal computer at his office in Jerusalem, August 23, 2017. (AFP/MENAHEM KAHANA)
September 14, 2017, 4:42 pm
Epic quest is documenting the ‘miracle’ of the Hebrew language
Researchers are painstakingly building lexicon of every word in ancient tongue through to its modern incarnation
By Mike Smith
19-year-old Omar al-Abed, the perpetrator of a terror attack in the settlement of Halamish on July 21, 2017 (Facebook photo)
July 23, 2017, 3:33 pm
How do you say ‘terror’?
Modern Hebrew has no word for it, but the Bible does, along with a lesson about truth and peace
By Yoseif Bloch
June 1, 2017, 3:28 pm
An assault on language
Curse words pepper common speech and writing nowadays in ways that undermine nuance and cheapen language
By Erica Brown
May 27, 2017, 12:53 am
‘My master’ vs. ‘my husband’
God Himself wants the relationship between husband and wife to be one of partnership and not one of mastery
By Sharona Margolin Halickman
The ad from The Academy of the Hebrew Language, advertising the institution's contest to find a new Hebrew word for fidget spinners (Courtesy The Academy of the Hebrew Language)
May 14, 2017, 10:29 pm
Wordsmiths toy with Hebrew word for fidget spinner
The Academy of the Hebrew Language has challenged Israelis to find the right term for the popular revolving toy
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: The Knesset, Israel's parliament building in Jerusalem. (Orel Cohen/Flash90)
May 10, 2017, 1:35 pm
Full text of MK Avi Dichter’s 2017 ‘Jewish State’ bill
The latest version of the proposed 'Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People'
By Raoul Wootliff
An Israeli flag at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 24, 2017. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
May 10, 2017, 1:08 pm
Author of controversial ‘Jewish State’ bill insists it’s unprejudiced and fair
Avi Dichter has been working for six years on legislation to define Israel as a Jewish state. Now, with government backing, he says he's certain it will pass -- to Israel's abiding benefit
By Raoul Wootliff
Amar’e Stoudemire speaking at a press conference in Jerusalem, August 8, 2016. (Flash90)
April 27, 2017, 5:47 am
Former NBA star Amar’e Stoudemire is studying Hebrew
The 34-year-old Hapoel Jerusalem player, who speaks regularly of his love for Israel, posts a photo of himself studying from language workbooks
By JTA
March 6, 2017, 6:14 am
The politics of pastry
When a stroll through Jerusalem's Arab shuk becomes crash course in prejudice and diplomacy
By Emma S. Jacobs
ancient hebrew writing (ancient hebrew writing image via Shutterstock)
February 15, 2017, 4:01 pm
My love letter to Hebrew
The revival of an ancient language is miraculous; to speak it, even poorly, is to join in that miracle
By Sally Abrams
November 30, 2016, 12:29 pm
Don’t mind my French
Reflections on an international ulpan vocabulary, skateboarding in high heels, and 4 months of honeymoon phase aliyah
By Shayna Driscoll
Illustrative image of a Jewish summer camp (Courtesy the Foundation for Jewish Camp/via JTA)
August 19, 2016, 5:17 am
Jewish summer camp: A safe space to encounter ‘Hebrew’
Even as some North American summer camps modify Hebrew grammar to fit gender non-binary campers, a study of usage finds the goal is inclusion -- not proficiency
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
May 3, 2016, 2:43 pm
In Hebrew, it has to be he or she
Hu is he, he is she and there is no neutral word for 'it': The Hebrew language’s gender problem
By Laura Milmed
Yonatan Gat (Adam PW Smith)
April 26, 2016, 3:16 am
Shunned at home, an Israeli expat musician makes it in New York
After five years abroad, guitarist/composer Yonatan Gat talks about identity, culture, and the language of music
By Madison Margolin
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